Digestive toxic infection , cholera is a notifiable disease due to the ingestion of water or food contaminated by the toxigenic Vibrio cholerae bacilli of serogroups O1 and O139.
Our missions
- Monitor the epidemiological evolution of cholera and detect cases as soon as they are suspected
- Allow preventive measures to be adapted to prevent the spread of the disease
- Inform the general public.
Cholera is an acute digestive toxic infection due to the ingestion of water or food contaminated by toxigenic Vibrio cholerae bacilli of serogroups O1 and O139 (cholera vibrions).
Today, collective and individual sanitation and hygiene measures have led to the disappearance of cholera in France (excluding Guyana and Mayotte, where sporadic and limited epidemics were described in the decades 1990-2000 in the two previous decades). In mainland France, cholera, which is subject to mandatory notification , is in fact a rare imported pathology. Symptomatic cases of cholera are mainly linked to the consumption of contaminated drinks or food abroad.
Early reporting of suspected and confirmed cases, and notification of confirmed cases, takes place from a single case. They enable the management of imported cholera cases as quickly as possible. Between 0 and 2 cases of cholera have been declared each year in France since 2000, they concern travelers returning from endemic areas . This is a low and decreasing number.
Although rare in France, cholera can cause severe digestive symptoms and dehydration. Even if the risks of contamination and epidemic are very limited on French territory, the epidemiological surveillance of Public Health France requires the early reporting of cases as soon as this infection is suspected in order to prevent its spread.
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